Today’s Headlines
NYC Riders Pay Biggest Share of Transit Costs in the US (News) Bicyclists Suing City Over Critical Mass Arrests (OnNYturf) “Public-be-Damned” Attitude Emanating From Albany (ReformNY) Pricing to Address Bay Area Traffic and Climate Change (Planetizen) Venezuela’s 7 Cent Gallon Fosters a “Revolution of Hummers” (NYT) Dollar and Oil Hit New Records (FT) Cars Getting … Continued
9:51 AM EDT on October 30, 2007
- NYC Riders Pay Biggest Share of Transit Costs in the US (News)
- Bicyclists Suing City Over Critical Mass Arrests (OnNYturf)
- “Public-be-Damned” Attitude Emanating From Albany (ReformNY)
- Pricing to Address Bay Area Traffic and Climate Change (Planetizen)
- Venezuela’s 7 Cent Gallon Fosters a “Revolution of Hummers” (NYT)
- Dollar and Oil Hit New Records (FT)
- Cars Getting Heavier, More Powerful, Less Efficient (Car&Driver)
- Reimagining the Automobile as an Electricity Powerplant (NYT)
- America’s 20 Most Sedentary [Southeastern] Cities (Forbes)
- Small Growth is the New Smart Growth (NYT)
- Berkeley, CA May Pay for Up-Front Costs of Solar (Grist)
Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.
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